Interestingly FoE and other green groups have said that, although they can see that the new planning system might in theory over-ride local opposition to wind projects, they are not willing to compromise basic democratic principles. (environmentalresearchweb.org)
«We are united in defending the basic democratic principle that ordinary people have the right to a political voice. (politics.co.uk)
The European Commission, the guardian of EU law, said earlier Wednesday it was triggering the so - called Article 7 procedure against Poland because the two laws, combined with several others passed in the past two years, erode the separation of powers, a basic democratic principle. (politics.stackexchange.com)